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If a kid falls down in school, But no-one around chooses to hear

If a kid falls down in school,
But no-one around chooses to hear it
Does it make a sound?

-To This Day Poem by Shane Koyczan

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Bextah

posted March 2, 2013 at 4:59am UTC tagged with shane, koyczan, tothisday, poems

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